A basket full of super-sweet “Sungold” cherry tomatoes, from two summers ago. Earlier this month, it was tomato seed starting time in the greenhouse. All those shriveled up, almost microscopic seeds make me uneasy. Every spring at seed starting time, moments of anxious doubt creep into the picture as I plant those sad looking dried [. . .]
tomatoes
cherry tomato superabundance
The sungold tomato vines that are growing in the hoophouse have been producing fruit galore these days! They’re such beautiful little things and oh so sweeeet. I think they’re best kept displayed on the table in a big bowl so that all who see them can pop one or two into their mouth as they [. . .]
Tumbler tomatoes in containers, part 2
This is the time of summer when container grown tomato plants will start to go yellow and look really sad if they aren’t getting enough of the nutrients and minerals they need to be healthy and produce delicious fruit. Folks who grow the Tumbler tomato plants I sell in the spring ask me about what [. . .]
Tumbler tomatoes in containers, part 1
Every spring for 4 years now, I’ve been starting a couple hundred Tumbler tomato plants from seed. I sell most of them at the first Farmer’s Market of the season on the May long weekend and some of them stay in my garden to grow on.I grow them in hanging baskets in my glass greenhouse [. . .]